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Job Description
Operate equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells. May also perform similar services in mining exploration operations. Includes fishing-tool technicians.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-5013.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 53,520.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 25.00
- Currently, there are 42,890 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining”.
Also Known As…
- Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining
- Wireline Operator
- Well Servicing Rig Operator
- Tool Pusher
- Service Rig Operator
- Service Operator
- Rig Operator
- Reverse Unit Operator-Fisherman
- Pulling Unit Operator
- Operator
- Fisherman
- Work Over Rig Operator
- Wireline Supervisor
- Well Services Operator
- Well Service Pump Equipment Operator
- Well Cleaner
- Tar Processing Technician
- Swabber
- Spray Rig Operator
- Shale Processing Technician
- Service Unit Operator
- Reverse Unit Operator
- Oil Well Service Unit Operator
- Oil Well Service Operator
- Oil Well Fishing-Tool Technician
- Oil Well Fishing Tool Technician
- Oil Processing Technician
- Oil and Shale and Tar Processing Technician
- Oil and Gas Field Technician
- Fishing Tool Supervisor
- Fishing Tool Operator
- Coiled Tubing Supervisor
- Coiled Tubing Operator
Tasks for “Wireline Operator”
- Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.
- Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
- Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
- Direct drilling crews performing activities such as assembling and connecting pipe, applying weights to drill pipes, or drilling around lodged obstacles.
- Select fishing methods or tools for removing obstacles such as liners, broken casing, screens, or drill pipe.
- Examine unserviceable wells to determine actions to be taken to improve well conditions.
- Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
- Insert detection instruments into wells with obstructions.
- Monitor sound wave generating or detecting mechanisms to determine well fluid levels.
- Operate specialized equipment to remove obstructions by backing-off or severing pipes by chemical or explosive action.
- Close and seal wells no longer in use.
- Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
- Thread cables through derrick pulleys, using hand tools.
- Interpret instrument readings to ascertain the depth of obstruction.
- Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
- Apply green technologies or techniques such as the use of coiled tubing, slim-hole drilling, horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, or gas lift systems.
- Operate pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other materials obstructing the free flow of oil.
- Perforate well casings or sidewalls of boreholes with explosive charges.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pipe elevators
- Wellhead drives
- Downhole object retrieval equipment
- Cement mixers
- Laptop computers
- Cement pumps
- Desktop computers
- Well tubing perforation guns
- Power drills
- Hydraulic hoisting equipment
- Depth gauges
- Ratchet sets
- Mallets
- Continuous sucker rods
- Jet casing cutters
- Sonar equipment
- Safety gloves
- Utility knives
- Protective ear muffs
- Pressure control devices
- Chemical pipe cutters
- Claw hammers
- Safety goggles
- Chemical casing cutters
- Personal computers
- Steel measuring tapes
- Wire cutters
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Truck-mounted derricks
- Diesel motors
- Electric downhole pumps
- Strain gauges
- Straight screwdrivers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Pipe wrenches
- Slickline severance tools
- Pressure indicators
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Pipe tongs
- Jet pipe cutters
- Hex wrenches
- Channel lock pliers
- Handheld data loggers
- Torpedo levels
- Pipe slips
- Hydraulic pumping systems
- Hoisting equipment
- Mud pumps
- Free point tools
- Stuck pipe tools
- Time and attendance software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Microsoft Office
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Excel
- Inventory tracking software
- Data logger software